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WILLIAM HEDRIGH AND JOHN LENDIEMAN, OF TROCHU, ALBERTA, CANADA.

DRAG.

Application filed January 8, 1921.

To @ZZ a0/Om it may concern Re it lrnewn that we. WILLIAM l'l'nnnioi-i,a citizen oit the United States, and donn inname-m, a. citizen or'Canada. both residing at Trochu, in the Province oi1 `Alberta andDominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements inDrags7 or which the 'following is a speci iication, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings. l

This invention relates to certain improvements in drags, and it is anobject of the invention to provide a novel and improved device ot thisgeneral character which can be employed to` advantage in packing andleveling the soil.

Another object or the invention is to provide a device oi' this generalcharacter having novel and improved means whereby the same operates topack the soil smoothand tight without dragging the soil and which can beemployed to advantage in packing the soil in hollows.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a novel and improveddevice or this general character which operates eiectively to break theland where there are thistles or stubbles and which treats the land;`whereby7 the possibility of drifting is sub stantially eliminated.

The invention consists in the details or construction. and in thecombination and `arrangement ot the severalparts et our improved dragwhereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use` as will be hereinafter more i'ully set forth.

The novel features of our invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawingsq wherein:

Figure l is a view in top plan of a drag constructed in accordance withan embodiment of our invention.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the device as illustrated inFigure l., with portions broken away, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 ofFigure l.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings our improved device comprisestwo side or end runners l of? desired dimensions and which maintained indesired spaced.

Serial No. 435,923.

relation by an elongated beam or rigid me1n ber 2. The end portions ofthe beam or member 2 rest upon the upper end portions of the runners ladjacent the rear ends thereof and are secured thereto by the bolts 3`or the like. lt is preferred that each of the bolts 3 be insertedthrough a runner l trom below and the opening or bore 'et through whichsaid bolt Sis directed has its lower portion enlarged, as at c, so thatthe head b oit the bolt is housed within the runner so that said boltyoffers no obstruce tion to the ground engaging or working edge ot therunner.

The beam or member 2 at substantially its longitudinal center also hasarranged thereon a seat structure S. The. forward end portions of therunners 1 are connected by a bar or rod 5 which serves as a pivot ortulcrum common to all ot the intermediate runners or `slides 6.

rlhe runners or slides t3 are interposed between the'runners l andsubstantially till the space between said runners l and each ci therunners or slides 6v is capable of independent swinging movement in avertical direct-ion. As is clearly illustrated in Figure ofthe drawing,yit is to be noted that the runners l are of a height greater than theheight of the runners orslides 6. The forward end portion ot each oi'the runners or slides 6' is provided with an {opening` 7 through whichthe bar or rod 5 isireely directed and whereby said runner orslide ti issupported for desiredy swinging moveniient. The contiguous runners orslides 6 are also closely adjacent to each other. f

Hingedly connected. as at 8, with the top .tace ot each of the runnersor slides 6 at a point in advance or the beam or member 2 is `an endportion of a rearwardly directed elongated strip or bar 9. This bar orstrip 9 is ot a length to terminate rearwardly of the beam or member Qand said rear end portion has loosely disposed therethrough anupstanding rod 10 carried by the rear portion or the coacting runner orslide 6. interposed between said runner or slide 6 and the bar or strip9 is an expansible member il, preferably a coil spring encircling therod 10. The member 11 serves to urge the runner or slidetl downwardlyyet permitting the same to have yielding upward movement.

Suitably secured to the rod or bar 5 is a rigging! to which; adapted tobe hitched' a team of draft animals. ln. practice, the runners vorslides 6 slightly converge foi'- Wardly toward the central runner withthe front of the device approximately twelve feet wide and the rearportion about thirteen feet wide, and with a device of such dimensionswe iind best results can be attained with the use of four draft animals.

As the device isy drawn over the soil, each of the runners or slides 6is capable of independent swinging movement in a vertical directionwhich is of particular advantage in properly packing the soil inhollows. It has also been found, in practice, that by having the runnersor sleeves 6 independently movable, a more effective packing of the soilis effected with a resultant leveling of the ground and which result isespecially desirable when a harvesting machine is adapted to be laterused.

Our improved device has also been found to work with advantage Yinplaces where there are thistles or stubbles as it. will breal; them upand also level the land. Our kimproved device also effectively treatsthe soil to substantially eliminate drifting.

F rom the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a dragconstruct ed in accordance with our invention is particularly welladapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which itmay be assembled and operated, and it will alsobe obvious that ourinvention is susceptible of 'some change and modification withoutdeparting from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason wedo not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout our invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

` Ve claim: y i

l. An agricultural device of the class described comprising siderunners, arod connecting said runners at the :forward end portionsthereof, a beam connecting the'rear portionsof the runners andfixed thereto, a plurality of slides interposed between the runners, theforward portion of the slides being pivotally engaged with the rod, saidslides having swinging movement independently of the runners and beam,and means (io-acting with each of the slides and the beam for urging theslides downwardly.

2. An agricultural device of the class described comprising siderunners, a rod connecting said runners at the forward end portionsthereof, a beanl connect-ing the rear portions of thel runners and fixedthereto, a plurality of slides interpoesd between the runners, theforward portion of the slides being pivotally engaged with the rod, saidslides having swinging movement independently of the runners and beam,and means co-acting with each .of the slides and the bea-infor urgingthe slides downwardly, the runners being` of a height greater than theheight of the slides.

3. An agricultural device of the class de scribed comprising siderunners, a rod connecting said runners at the forward end portionsthereof, a beam connecting the rear portions of the runners and fixedthereto, a plurality of slides interposed between the runners,the'forward portion of the slides being pivotally engaged with the rod,said slides having swinging movement independently of the runners andbeam, a bar hingedly connected to each of the runners and extendingrearwardly thereof and below the beam, and an eXpansible memberinterposed between the slide and the bar to maintain the bar in Contactwith the beam and to urge the slide downwardly.

In .testimony whereof we hereunto afliX our signatures.

` AUGUST JQ MUELLER,

`ARNOLD BOLTER.

